0 == False but [] != False? - comp.lang.python

Message from discussion 0 == False but [] != False?
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Donn Cave wrote:

> Not that it is of no historical interest to review all these
> reasonable arguments, but allow me to restore the context quote
> from my follow-up:

If the counterpoints are of no historical interest, then the original 
point must be of no historical interest either, since it was not widely 
granted as true.

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